New Scientist


Gödel, Escher, Bach: a daunting but captivating look at consciousness 

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Douglas Hofstadter’s weighty tome, an exploration of mathematics, music and the mind, runs to almost 800 pages – but is worth the effort, finds Gerardo Bandera


Breast-augmentation method uses your own fat in dissolving scaffolds

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:49:33 +0000

A new approach to breast augmentation injects fat from elsewhere in the body into dissolvable scaffolds shaped like bra cups, which may lead to a more natural look and fewer complications


Three black holes discovered in a young galaxy for the first time

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:38:34 +0000

Three massive black holes have been found in a galaxy that existed during the earliest times of the universe


How to watch today’s spectacular solar eclipse

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:27:00 +0000

A total solar eclipse is set to be visible across parts of Europe today, while a partial eclipse will sweep across about a quarter of the planet – here’s how to see it


CRISPR-armed phages help treat severe superbug infection

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:43:32 +0000

Bacteria-killing phage viruses souped up with DNA-destroying CRISPR appear to have helped clear up a very serious infection caused by antibiotic-resistant E. coli


Heart surgery cured a man’s skin cancer – and gave him a bee allergy

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:17:05 +0000

Having surgery for a heart condition is thought to have triggered an immune response that put the patient into remission for his severe skin cancer, but also caused him to develop a serious allergy to bee stings


Rainbows can be made from sounds – and we’ve created the best ones yet

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:30:22 +0000

Two research teams have independently created devices within which sound waves could be separated by frequency, creating the most complete sound rainbows yet


Denisovans may have dwarfed other ancient humans

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:12:43 +0000

Two leg bones found on the seabed near Taiwan have been identified as Denisovans, and their size suggests these hominins stood up to 190 centimetres tall


The proton is more quantum than we thought

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:29:49 +0000

Our understanding of the internal structure of protons is largely based on classical physics, but data compiled from accelerator experiments has uncovered quantum behaviour that has never been seen before


Could we eliminate any particles from the standard model of physics?

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

The standard model of physics is one of the most successful scientific theories in existence, but do we need it all? Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explores whether it’s carrying any excess baggage